New Era Junior Championship: Back Nine Preview

New Era Junior Championship: Back Nine Preview

    Hole #10: Unlike the front nine opener, the getaway hole is never called a downhill pushover. Ten requires a stout drive to climb a gentle, unending hill that runs from the out-of-play crossing stream to the green. It is the uneven fairway lies, some...
Press Release: Nike Golf Styles at The Open Championship

Press Release: Nike Golf Styles at The Open Championship

BEAVERTON, Ore. (July 10, 2014) – Nike Golf athletes will stay protected from the predictably chillier temperatures and blustery conditions at this year’s Open Championship with new styles for fall featuring wool and engineered knit fabrics. Tiger Woods will compete...
New Era Junior Championship: Front Nine Preview

New Era Junior Championship: Front Nine Preview

As the sun tucked in for the evening on Sunday, a few early arrivals refined their swings and honed their putting routines on the River Oaks practice facilities. On Monday morning, most of the field will be on the course for a practice round. Some will participate in...
BuffaloGolfer And Social Media~Can There Be Too Much?

BuffaloGolfer And Social Media~Can There Be Too Much?

I like to use the internet archive, known colloquially as the Wayback Machine, to view web pages from the dawn of the popular internet, the world wide web. Keep in mind that the popular web still isn’t able to drink legally, although that day is coming soon....
Media Release: New Era Junior Championship Fact Sheet

Media Release: New Era Junior Championship Fact Sheet

New Era Junior Championship Tournament Fact Sheet Quick Facts 96 boys and girls, ages 12-18 54-hole, stroke play Three players have signed a National Letter of Intent and two have verbally committed to play college golf Countries represented: Canada, China, Mexico,...
Review: Puma Faas Light Mesh Golf Shoe

Review: Puma Faas Light Mesh Golf Shoe

My serious side is readily counterbalanced by a penchant for humor, an acute lean toward comedy. I like a good giggle on an hourly frequency. If I have students or friends who tend toward the silent, introspective earthly realm, I often remark that she or he absorbs...
Review: ClubGlove Caddy Towel

Review: ClubGlove Caddy Towel

I’ve used many a towel over the years to clean my clubs, dry my hands and wipe my brow (sometimes all three at once.) On a whim, I decided to purchase a ClubGlove towel a fortnight ago, with an eye on doing a review of the product. Rarely does a towel merit...
You Shot What? Day Two @ Erie County Amateur

You Shot What? Day Two @ Erie County Amateur

Caveat: the clubs displayed in You Shot What? Moving Day @ Erie County Amateur were mangled and severed in a car wreck last August. No clubs were tossed, helicoptered, ground-bashed, mic-dropped or knee-bent during my round for the ages on Saturday. There were moments...
You Shot What? Moving Day @ Erie County Amateur

You Shot What? Moving Day @ Erie County Amateur

It’s hard to explain how it came to this. A score of 14-over par in a tournament isn’t the end of the world, especially if the course is a challenging one, the conditions are impactful and you aren’t in possession of your golfing skills or your...
Arrowhead Golf Club Review

Arrowhead Golf Club Review

In the early 2000s, the golf landscape along Clarence Center Road in Akron underwent an abrupt change. The 18-hole, Bright Meadows course was reduced to nine holes, to make room for a new, 18-hole championship layout. The second nine holes, plus a new plot of land to...
Press Release: PING Presents G30 Metals and Irons

Press Release: PING Presents G30 Metals and Irons

PHOENIX (July 3, 2014) – With an emphasis on significantly increasing ball velocity and accuracy through a combination of advanced aerodynamics, plus new face designs and materials, PING today introduced the G30 series – the company’s latest innovations that provide...
Terry Hills Golf Course Review

Terry Hills Golf Course Review

Terry Hills is unique to golf in Buffalo-Niagara, in that it possesses three separate nine hole runs. Having 27 holes affords the Batavia course the freedom to schedule a closed, 18-hole event and still have nine holes available for walk-up, public play. The original...
IJGT Summer Series Comes To Glen Oak

IJGT Summer Series Comes To Glen Oak

2014 might be remembered as the year in which major amateur golf became established in western New York. The Porter Cup hosts three events (women’s, men’s and senior men’s) and the International Junior Masters welcomes junior boys to our region each...

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